Haiola epub refinement; how to make a .mobi file
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Kahunapule Michael Johnson
Mar 18, 2015, 4:56:52 PM3/18/15
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I just released a refinement to Haiola that improves epub generation
and corrects a problem in default cover art generation. As usual, it
is available at http://Haiola.org, along with pointers to source
code.
For some free epub Bible files, check out http://eBible.org/epub/. There are also Amazon Kindle .mobi equivalents for those Scripture files that are in languages that Kindle supports. Please forgive the crude and temporary index. A better one is under construction that gives language names, titles, etc. In the mean time, all file names start with the Ethnologue/ISO 3-letter code for the language. There are also links to specific files there from the language index pages on PNGScriptures.org, VanuatuBibles.org, etc. There are 667 epub files and 154 mobi files there, all freely redistributable as long as you don't charge money for them. There are a few Public Domain Bibles in the collection, and those you may sell for money if you can... but anyone can still get a free copy at this source. (If you want to try, go for it. People buy bottled water and bottled air, even in places with really good tap water.) Most of the Bibles in that directory are under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial No Derivatives license (with additional permission to convert to other file formats but not change the text), so they may not be sold without getting additional permission from the appropriate copyright steward. These epub and mobi files are all DRM-free, meaning that they don't have "Digital Rights Management" features to limit copying or limit which programs, apps, and devices can be used to read them. Over the last month, we have made some significant improvements in formatting and compatibility, so you might want to get a fresh copy if you downloaded any of them earlier. These are best read with a good epub3-compatible reader, like the Gitden Reader or iBooks. They work with Barnes & Noble Nook e-readers and various other devices and apps, as well, with varying formatting fidelity.
I have been generating mobi files with Amazon's free kindlegen application, which converts epub files to mobi files. This works fine in a haiola post-processing script, so I don't plan to actually integrate it into Haiola any more than that.
For some free epub Bible files, check out http://eBible.org/epub/. There are also Amazon Kindle .mobi equivalents for those Scripture files that are in languages that Kindle supports. Please forgive the crude and temporary index. A better one is under construction that gives language names, titles, etc. In the mean time, all file names start with the Ethnologue/ISO 3-letter code for the language. There are also links to specific files there from the language index pages on PNGScriptures.org, VanuatuBibles.org, etc. There are 667 epub files and 154 mobi files there, all freely redistributable as long as you don't charge money for them. There are a few Public Domain Bibles in the collection, and those you may sell for money if you can... but anyone can still get a free copy at this source. (If you want to try, go for it. People buy bottled water and bottled air, even in places with really good tap water.) Most of the Bibles in that directory are under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial No Derivatives license (with additional permission to convert to other file formats but not change the text), so they may not be sold without getting additional permission from the appropriate copyright steward. These epub and mobi files are all DRM-free, meaning that they don't have "Digital Rights Management" features to limit copying or limit which programs, apps, and devices can be used to read them. Over the last month, we have made some significant improvements in formatting and compatibility, so you might want to get a fresh copy if you downloaded any of them earlier. These are best read with a good epub3-compatible reader, like the Gitden Reader or iBooks. They work with Barnes & Noble Nook e-readers and various other devices and apps, as well, with varying formatting fidelity.
I have been generating mobi files with Amazon's free kindlegen application, which converts epub files to mobi files. This works fine in a haiola post-processing script, so I don't plan to actually integrate it into Haiola any more than that.
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